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[1] Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah.Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. [2] There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. [3] Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb. [4] David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. [5] David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. [6] Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have! [7] Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel. [8] Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ” [9] When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited. [10] Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days. [11] Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?” [12] So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and came and told him all these words. [13] David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!”Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage. [14] But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them. [15] But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields. [16] They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. [17] Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.” [18] Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahsⓘ of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. [19] She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal. [20] As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them. [21] Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good. [22] God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”§ [23] When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground. [24] She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant. [25] Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabalⓘ is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent. [26] Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies and those who seek evil to my lord be as Nabal. [27] Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. [28] Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days. [29] Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket. [30] It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel, [31] that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.” [32] David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me! [33] Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand. [34] For indeed, as Yahweh the God of Israel lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn’t have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”§ [35] So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice and have granted your request.” [36] Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light. [37] In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. [38] About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died. [39] When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.”David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife. [40] When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.” [41] She arose and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.” [42] Abigail hurriedly arose and rode on a donkey with her five maids who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. [43] David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives. [44] Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 25:18 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
  2. § 25:22 or, male.
  3. ⓘ 25:25 “Nabal” means “foolish”.
  4. § 25:34 or, one male.
King James Version

David and Abigail

[1] And Samuel H8050 died; H4191 (QalImpf) and all the Israelites H3478 were gathered together, H6908 (NiphImpf) and lamented H5594 (QalImpf) him, and buried H6912 (QalImpf) him in his house H1004 at Ramah. H7414 And David H1732 arose, H6965 (QalImpf) and went down H3381 (QalImpf) to the wilderness H4057 of Paran. H6290 [2] And there was a man H376 in Maon, H4584 whose possessions H4639§ were in Carmel; H3760 and the man H376 was very H3966 great, H1419 and he had three H7969 thousand H505 sheep, H6629 and a thousand H505 goats: H5795 and he was shearing H1494 (QalInf) his sheep H6629 in Carmel. H3760 [3] Now the name H8034 of the man H376 was Nabal; H5037 and the name H8034 of his wife H802 Abigail: H26 and she was a woman H802 of good H2896 understanding, H7922 and of a beautiful H3303 countenance: H8389 but the man H376 was churlish H7186 and evil H7451 in his doings; H4611 and he was of the house of Caleb. H3614 [4] And David H1732 heard H8085 (QalImpf) in the wilderness H4057 that Nabal H5037 did shear H1494 (QalActPtc) his sheep. H6629 [5] And David H1732 sent out H7971 (QalImpf) ten H6235 young men, H5288 and David H1732 said H559 (QalImpf) unto the young men, H5288 Get you up H5927 (QalImpv) to Carmel, H3760 and go H935 (QalPerf) to Nabal, H5037 and greet H7592 (QalPerf) him in my name: H8034 [6] and thus shall ye say H559 (QalPerf) to him that liveth H2416 in prosperity, Peace H7965 be both to thee, and peace H7965 be to thine house, H1004 and peace H7965 be unto all that thou hast. [7] And now I have heard H8085 (QalPerf) that thou hast shearers: H1494 (QalActPtc) now thy shepherds H7462 (QalActPtc) which were with us, we hurt H3637 (HiphPerf)§ them not, neither was there ought H3972 missing H6485 (NiphPerf) unto them, all the while H3117 they were in Carmel. H3760 [8] Ask H7592 (QalImpv) thy young men, H5288 and they will shew H5046 (HiphImpf) thee. Wherefore let the young men H5288 find H4672 (QalImpf) favour H2580 in thine eyes: H5869 for we come H935 (QalPerf) in a good H2896 day: H3117 give, H5414 (QalImpv) I pray thee, whatsoever cometh H4672 (QalImpf) to thine hand H3027 unto thy servants, H5650 and to thy son H1121 David. H1732 [9] And when David’s H1732 young men H5288 came, H935 (QalImpf) they spake H1696 (PielImpf) to Nabal H5037 according to all those words H1697 in the name H8034 of David, H1732 and ceased. H5117 (QalImpf)§ [10] And Nabal H5037 answered H6030 (QalImpf) David’s H1732 servants, H5650 and said, H559 (QalImpf) Who is David? H1732 and who is the son H1121 of Jesse? H3448 there be many H7231 (QalPerf) servants H5650 now a days H3117 that break away H6555 (HithPtc) every man H376 from H6440 his master. H113 [11] Shall I then take H3947 (QalPerf) my bread, H3899 and my water, H4325 and my flesh H2878§ that I have killed H2873 (QalPerf) for my shearers, H1494 (QalActPtc) and give H5414 (QalPerf) it unto men, H582 whom I know H3045 (QalPerf) not whence they be? [12] So David’s H1732 young men H5288 turned H2015 (QalImpf) their way, H1870 and went again, H7725 (QalImpf) and came H935 (QalImpf) and told H5046 (HiphImpf) him all those sayings. H1697 [13] And David H1732 said H559 (QalImpf) unto his men, H582 Gird ye on H2296 (QalImpv) every man H376 his sword. H2719 And they girded on H2296 (QalImpf) every man H376 his sword; H2719 and David H1732 also girded on H2296 (QalImpf) his sword: H2719 and there went up H5927 (QalImpf) after H310 David H1732 about four H702 hundred H3967 men; H376 and two hundred H3967 abode H3427 (QalPerf) by the stuff. H3627 [14] But one H259 of the young men H5288 told H5046 (HiphPerf) Abigail, H26 Nabal’s H5037 wife, H802 saying, H559 (QalInf) Behold, David H1732 sent H7971 (QalPerf) messengers H4397 out of the wilderness H4057 to salute H1288 (PielInf) our master; H113 and he railed H5860 (QalImpf) on them.§ [15] But the men H582 were very H3966 good H2896 unto us, and we were not hurt, H3637 (HophPerf)§ neither missed H6485 (QalPerf) we any thing, H3972 as long as H3117 we were conversant H1980 (HithPerf) with them, when we were in the fields: H7704 [16] they were a wall H2346 unto us both by night H3915 and day, H3119 all the while H3117 we were with them keeping H7462 (QalActPtc) the sheep. H6629 [17] Now therefore know H3045 (QalImpv) and consider H7200 (QalImpv) what thou wilt do; H6213 (QalImpf) for evil H7451 is determined H3615 (QalPerf) against our master, H113 and against all his household: H1004 for he is such a son H1121 of Belial, H1100 that a man cannot speak H1696 (PielInf) to him. [18] Then Abigail H26 made haste, H4116 (PielImpf) and took H3947 (QalImpf) two hundred H3967 loaves, H3899 and two H8147 bottles H5035 of wine, H3196 and five H2568 sheep H6629 ready dressed, H6213 (QalPasPtc) and five H2568 measures H5429 of parched H7039 corn, and an hundred H3967 clusters§ of raisins, H6778 and two hundred H3967 cakes H1690 of figs, and laid H7760 (QalImpf) them on asses. H2543 [19] And she said H559 (QalImpf) unto her servants, H5288 Go on H5674 (QalImpv) before H6440 me; behold, I come H935 (QalActPtc) after H310 you. But she told H5046 (HiphPerf) not her husband H376 Nabal. H5037 [20] And it was so, as she rode H7392 (QalActPtc) on the ass, H2543 that she came down H3381 (QalActPtc) by the covert H5643 of the hill, H2022 and, behold, David H1732 and his men H582 came down H3381 (QalActPtc) against H7125 (QalInf) her; and she met H6298 (QalImpf) them. [21] Now David H1732 had said, H559 (QalPerf) Surely in vain H8267 have I kept H8104 (QalPerf) all that this H2088 fellow hath in the wilderness, H4057 so that nothing H3972 was missed H6485 (NiphPerf) of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited H7725 (HiphImpf) me evil H7451 for good. H2896 [22] So H3541 and more H3254 (HiphImpf) also do H6213 (QalImpf) God H430 unto the enemies H341 (QalActPtc) of David, H1732 if I leave H7604 (HiphImpf) of all that pertain to him by H5704 the morning H1242 light H216 any that pisseth H8366 (HiphPtc) against the wall. H7023 [23] And when Abigail H26 saw H7200 (QalImpf) David, H1732 she hasted, H4116 (PielImpf) and lighted off H3381 (QalImpf) the ass, H2543 and fell H5307 (QalImpf) before H639 David H1732 on her face, H6440 and bowed H7812 (HithImpf) herself to the ground, H776 [24] and fell H5307 (QalImpf) at his feet, H7272 and said, H559 (QalImpf) Upon me, my lord, H113 upon me let this iniquity H5771 be: and let thine handmaid, H519 I pray thee, speak H1696 (PielImpf) in thine audience, H241§ and hear H8085 (QalImpv) the words H1697 of thine handmaid. H589 [25] Let H7760 (QalImpf) not my lord, H113 I pray thee, regard H3820§ this man H376 of Belial, H1100 even Nabal: H5037 for as his name H8034 is, so is he; Nabal H5037 is his name, H8034 and folly H5039 is with him: but I thine handmaid H519 saw H7200 (QalPerf) not the young men H5288 of my lord, H113 whom thou didst send. H7971 (QalPerf) [26] Now therefore, my lord, H113 as the Lord H3068 liveth, H2416 and as thy soul H5315 liveth, H2416 seeing the Lord H3068 hath withholden H4513 (QalPerf) thee from coming H935 (QalInf) to shed blood, H1818 and from avenging H3467 (HiphInf) thyself with thine own hand, H3027 now let thine enemies, H341 (QalActPtc) and they that seek H1245 (PielPtc) evil H7451 to my lord, H113 be as Nabal. H5037 [27] And now this blessing H1293§ which thine handmaid H8198 hath brought H935 (HiphPerf) unto my lord, H113 let it even be given H5414 (NiphPerf) unto the young men H5288 that follow H1980 (HithPtc)§ my lord. H113 [28] I pray thee, forgive H5375 (QalImpv) the trespass H6588 of thine handmaid: H519 for the Lord H3068 will certainly H6213 (QalInf) make H6213 (QalImpf) my lord H113 a sure H539 (NiphPtc) house; H1004 because my lord H113 fighteth H3898 (NiphPtc) the battles H4421 of the Lord, H3068 and evil H7451 hath not been found H4672 (NiphImpf) in thee all thy days. H3117 [29] Yet a man H120 is risen H6965 (QalImpf) to pursue H7291 (QalInf) thee, and to seek H1245 (PielInf) thy soul: H5315 but the soul H5315 of my lord H113 shall be bound H6887 (QalPasPtc) in the bundle H6872 of life H2416 with the Lord H3068 thy God; H430 and the souls H5315 of thine enemies, H341 (QalActPtc) them shall he sling out, H7049 (PielImpf) as out of the middle H8432 of a sling. H7050§ [30] And it shall come to pass, when the Lord H3068 shall have done H6213 (QalImpf) to my lord H113 according to all the good H2896 that he hath spoken H1696 (PielPerf) concerning thee, and shall have appointed H6680 (PielPerf) thee ruler H5057 over Israel; H3478 [31] that this shall be no grief H6330§ unto thee, nor offence H4383 of heart H3820 unto my lord, H113 either that thou hast shed H8210 (QalInf) blood H1818 causeless, H2600 or that my lord H113 hath avenged H3467 (HiphInf) himself: but when the Lord H3068 shall have dealt well H3190 (HiphPerf) with my lord, H113 then remember H2142 (QalPerf) thine handmaid. H519 [32] And David H1732 said H559 (QalImpf) to Abigail, H26 Blessed H1288 (QalPasPtc) be the Lord H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 which sent H7971 (QalPerf) thee this day H3117 to meet H7125 (QalInf) me: [33] and blessed H1288 (QalPasPtc) be thy advice, H2940 and blessed H1288 (QalPasPtc) be thou, which hast kept H3607 (QalPerf) me this day H3117 from coming H935 (QalInf) to shed blood, H1818 and from avenging H3467 (HiphInf) myself with mine own hand. H3027 [34] For in very deed, H199 as the Lord H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 liveth, H2416 which hath kept me back H4513 (QalPerf) from hurting H7489 (HiphInf) thee, except H3884 thou hadst hasted H4116 (PielPerf) and come H935 (QalImpf) to meet H7125 (QalInf) me, surely there had not been left H3498 (NiphPerf) unto Nabal H5037 by the morning H1242 light H216 any that pisseth H8366 (HiphPtc) against the wall. H7023 [35] So David H1732 received H3947 (QalImpf) of her hand H3027 that which she had brought H935 (HiphPerf) him, and said H559 (QalPerf) unto her, Go up H5927 (QalImpv) in peace H7965 to thine house; H1004 see, H7200 (QalImpv) I have hearkened H8085 (QalPerf) to thy voice, H6963 and have accepted H5375 (QalImpf) thy person. H6440 [36] And Abigail H26 came H935 (QalImpf) to Nabal; H5037 and, behold, he held a feast H4960 in his house, H1004 like the feast H4960 of a king; H4428 and Nabal’s H5037 heart H3820 was merry H2896 within him, for he was very H3966 drunken: H7910 wherefore she told H5046 (HiphPerf) him nothing, H1697 less H6996 or more, H1419 until the morning H1242 light. H216 [37] But it came to pass in the morning, H1242 when the wine H3196 was gone out H3318 (QalInf) of Nabal, H5037 and his wife H802 had told H5046 (HiphImpf) him these things, H1697 that his heart H3820 died H4191 (QalImpf) within H7130 him, and he became as a stone. H68 [38] And it came to pass about ten H6235 days H3117 after, that the Lord H3068 smote H5062 (QalImpf) Nabal, H5037 that he died. H4191 (QalImpf) [39] And when David H1732 heard H8085 (QalImpf) that Nabal H5037 was dead, H4191 (QalPerf) he said, H559 (QalImpf) Blessed H1288 (QalPasPtc) be the Lord, H3068 that hath pleaded H7378 (QalPerf) the cause H7379 of my reproach H2781 from the hand H3027 of Nabal, H5037 and hath kept H2820 (QalPerf) his servant H5650 from evil: H7451 for the Lord H3068 hath returned H7725 (HiphPerf) the wickedness H7451 of Nabal H5037 upon his own head. H7218 And David H1732 sent H7971 (QalImpf) and communed H1696 (PielImpf) with Abigail, H26 to take H3947 (QalInf) her to him to wife. H802 [40] And when the servants H5650 of David H1732 were come H935 (QalImpf) to Abigail H26 to Carmel, H3760 they spake H1696 (PielImpf) unto her, saying, H559 (QalInf) David H1732 sent H7971 (QalPerf) us unto thee, to take H3947 (QalInf) thee to him to wife. H802 [41] And she arose, H6965 (QalImpf) and bowed H7812 (HithImpf) herself on her face H639 to the earth, H776 and said, H559 (QalImpf) Behold, let thine handmaid H519 be a servant H8198 to wash H7364 (QalInf) the feet H7272 of the servants H5650 of my lord. H113 [42] And Abigail H26 hasted, H4116 (PielImpf) and arose, H6965 (QalImpf) and rode H7392 (QalImpf) upon an ass, H2543 with five H2568 damsels H5291 of her’s that went H1980 (QalActPtc) after H7272 her;§ and she went H3212 (QalImpf) after H310 the messengers H4397 of David, H1732 and became his wife. H802 [43] David H1732 also took H3947 (QalPerf) Ahinoam H293 of Jezreel; H3157 and they were also both H8147 of them his wives. H802 [44] But Saul H7586 had given H5414 (QalPerf) Michal H4324 his daughter, H1323 David’s H1732 wife, H802 to Phalti H6406 the son H1121 of Laish, H3919 which was of Gallim. H1554

Footnotes

  1. § 25:2 Or, business
  2. § 25:7 Heb. shamed
  3. § 25:9 Heb. rested
  4. § 25:11 Heb. slaughter
  5. § 25:14 Heb. flew upon them
  6. § 25:15 Heb. shamed
  7. § 25:18 Or, lumps
  8. § 25:24 Heb. ears
  9. § 25:25 Heb. lay it to his heart
  10. § 25:27a Or, present
  11. § 25:27b Heb. walk at the feet of etc.
  12. § 25:29 Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling
  13. § 25:31 Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling
  14. § 25:42 Heb. at her feet
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